The BEST episodes of Disney Animated Shorts season 1942

Every episode of Disney Animated Shorts season 1942, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Disney Animated Shorts season 1942!

Airing from 1921 onwards Features all of the animated short films produced by Walt Disney and Walt Disney Animation Studios, from 1921 to the present. This includes films produced at the Laugh-O-Gram Studio which Disney founded in 1921 as well as the animation studio now owned by The Walt Disney Company, called the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio (1923), The Walt Disney Studio (1926), Walt Disney Productions (1929), Walt Disney Feature Animation (1986), and Walt Disney Animation Studios (2007), and includes all of the cartoons of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Pluto, Humphrey the Bear and the Disney produced Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shorts.

Last Updated: 11/16/2024Network: Disney+Status: Continuing
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Sky Trooper
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10.00
1 votes

#1 - Sky Trooper

Season 1942 - Episode 16 - Aired 11/6/1942

Donald dreams of flying so much that Pete finally gives him the chance. What he doesn't realize is that flying also includes jumping out of the plane as a paratrooper.

Directors: Jack King
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The Vanishing Private
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1 votes

#2 - The Vanishing Private

Season 1942 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/25/1942

Donald is put on camoulflage duty, painting a large cannon when he comes across an experimental invisible paint. He finds that it works especially well on himself when he is trying to hide from Pete.

Directors: Jack King
Writer: Carl Barks
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The Olympic Champ
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7.10
31 votes

#3 - The Olympic Champ

Season 1942 - Episode 14 - Aired 10/9/1942

An overview of the Olympic Games, with demonstrations of the various games by Goofy.

Directors: Jack Kinney
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How to Fish
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7.10
31 votes

#4 - How to Fish

Season 1942 - Episode 18 - Aired 12/4/1942

Goofy demonstrates yet another pasttime, fishing. His demonstrated skill fails to explain where all the trophies mounted in his study came from.

Directors: Jack Kinney
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Donald's Snow Fight
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30 votes

#5 - Donald's Snow Fight

Season 1942 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/10/1942

After getting Donald's dander up in a sledding ""accident"", it's all out snow-war between Donald and his nephews.

Directors: Jack King
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Donald's Garden
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7.00
30 votes

#6 - Donald's Garden

Season 1942 - Episode 8 - Aired 6/12/1942

Among other problems, Donald's prize watermelons are at risk from a hungry gopher while trying to tend his own garden.

Directors: Dick Lundy
Writer: Ralph Wright
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Donald's Gold Mine
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7.00
30 votes

#7 - Donald's Gold Mine

Season 1942 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/24/1942

Donald attempts to dig for gold with difficult equipment and an uncooperative donkey.

Directors: Dick Lundy
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Bellboy Donald
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7.00
30 votes

#8 - Bellboy Donald

Season 1942 - Episode 19 - Aired 12/18/1942

Donald tries his best to be polite and dignified as a hotel bellboy. But when his first guest is Pete, the job is next to impossible.

Directors: Jack King
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The Village Smithy
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7.00
30 votes

#9 - The Village Smithy

Season 1942 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/1942

Blacksmith Donald has two tasks on his list: put a new iron rim on a wagon wheel, and shoe Jenny, a female donkey. But the rim won't stay smooth, and the donkey doesn't want the shoes.

Directors: Dick Lundy
Writer: Carl Barks
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Symphony Hour
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7.00
60 votes

#10 - Symphony Hour

Season 1942 - Episode 4 - Aired 3/20/1942

Never leave the instruments of a radio symphony orchestra in care of Goofy! That's what Mickey does, they end up getting squashed in a elevator, and the orchestra ends up sounding like Spike Jones.

Directors: Riley Thompson
How to Play Baseball
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6.97
31 votes

#11 - How to Play Baseball

Season 1942 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/4/1942

Everything you've always wanted to know about baseball, with Goofy as all 18 players.

Directors: Jack Kinney
The Army Mascot
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6.84
31 votes

#12 - The Army Mascot

Season 1942 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/22/1942

Pluto longs to be an Army mascot (especially after he sees how well they are fed) so he hatches a plan to take the place of the real mascot.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi
How to Swim
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6.84
31 votes

#13 - How to Swim

Season 1942 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/23/1942

An educational treatise on swimming and diving, as only Goofy can teach us how.

Directors: Jack Kinney
Pluto at the Zoo
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6.00
1 votes

#14 - Pluto at the Zoo

Season 1942 - Episode 17 - Aired 11/20/1942

Pluto isn't satisfied with his little bone when he sees what the animals in the zoo get. So, he decides to steal one, but then has troubles hanging onto it.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi
Donald Gets Drafted
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5.10
31 votes

#15 - Donald Gets Drafted

Season 1942 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/1/1942

Donald does his patriotic duty when he recieves his draft notice and enlists in the army. The first of Donald's ""Army"" pictures follows him though his induction medical exam and boot camp.

Directors: Jack King
Pluto Junior
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2.00
1 votes

#16 - Pluto Junior

Season 1942 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/28/1942

Pluto's young son wants to play and fight to the exasperation of Pluto who only wants to take a nap.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi
The Sleep Walker
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2.00
1 votes

#17 - The Sleep Walker

Season 1942 - Episode 9 - Aired 7/3/1942

Pluto gives Dinah his bone while sleepwalking, but can't understand how she got it when he wakes up!

Directors: Clyde Geronimi
T-Bone for Two
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2.00
1 votes

#18 - T-Bone for Two

Season 1942 - Episode 11 - Aired 8/14/1942

Pluto tries differing ways of attempting to steal a bone from Butch.

Directors: Clyde Geronimi
Mickey's Birthday Party
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0 votes

#19 - Mickey's Birthday Party

Season 1942 - Episode 2 - Aired 2/7/1942

Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, Clarabelle Cow, Horace Horsecollar and Clara Cluck throw a big party for Mickey where the mouse's wild rhumba dancing rules the day. Goofy tries baking a cake, but keeps messing it up, such as making too much noise while it's baking, etc.

Directors: Riley Thompson
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#20 - Donald's Decision

Season 1942 - Episode 20 - Aired 1/11/1942

Produced for National Film Board of Canada, propaganda short encouraging Canadians to buy War Bonds.